'The new find (EMC 2007.0069) is a Merovingian tremissis of the 7th century. The name of the mint on the obverse seems to read PAATICIACO, and the moneyer's name on the reverse is DEAIRENASCA. I have found a coin with a fairly similar obverse inscription (PATICACO VIGO) from an unidentified town in the region of Tours (Prou 413). If I obtain any more information I shall let you know. 1.27g, 13.16mm

Cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle

c1500 -1650

(1501-1521).
Venetian Soldino hammered silver coin 0.26g,12.08mm

Rev: LAVS TIBI SOLI (Thee Alone be Praised). Haloed figure of Christ holding a cross.

Obv: LE LAV DVX S M V (Leonardo Lauredan, Doge. St Mark of Venice.) Doge kneeling before Saint Mark.

Cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle

From the size and weight - as well as the vague outline of an imperial portrait - I'd say this is an Imperial Sestertius. An extremely WAG might be some member of the Antonine clan based on the vague silhouette - Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, etc. but in the absence of any lettering which can be read and any idea what the reverse type might be, I'm afraid that's about as close as I can get for you on this one.

'many thanks for the images, this is very interesting. It's your first Corieltauvi - to be precise the kite stater, listed as VA 825, nos 3181-3184 in the BM catalogue and no. 392 in 'Coins of England'. The reverse needs to be rotated 180 degrees and you get the horse left, with the diamond-shaped kite above containing pellets; and faint remains of a wreath design on the obverse.

This type has become relatively common in the last few years because of some substantial hoard finds in East Yorkshire - something like 150 recorded now. It's fairly unusual to see one down in Essex, although there are a few Corieltauvian coins from the county. In terms of date it's probably very late first century BC; most of these coins are either in base gold or plated. All in all a very interesting addition to your finds. I'll record this as CCI 07.0103'. Dr Philip de Jersey

3.55g, 18.47mm

Probably a Generic Police Button of Royal Parks etc.
1902-1952

Firmin London

5thC bronze decorated dagger guard or quillion 42.87mmL ,10.85mm H

1711 Queen Anne milled silver sixpence in exceptional condition

1st C - Very unusual Roman brooch 18.11mm W, 24.31mm L

'The Langton Down style was developed in Gaul in the late 1st C BC but saw use in Britain from the time of the Claudian invasion until about 75 AD. The spring on these brooches is enclosed within a distinctive tubing of fairly thin construction.The bow is flat and very thin decorated with grooves and ribs (reeding)'

Royal Artillery button

1830

UK - Britain
" British "
Unidentified Transport Cº
1904 - 1981 ?
General Staff
Maker - Unknown
See: Midland Red Omnibus Cº

1471-83 Edward IV second reign hammered silver half penny 0.37g,12.74mm

obv EDWARD DEI GRA REX

17thC

Asymmetrical, flat mount with two integral pointed lugs

84th Regiment of Foot
( York & Lancaster )
O/R's (Brass) - 1855-1881

Essex regiment button

Very interesting coin which shows legend EDWARD ending with ANG. Should be 1327 AD Edward III florin type (Reading) but reverse does not match

0.72g, 16.44mm

Britain's Merchant Navy
Generic Design Issue
In use 1900 - 2000's

James 1st Gold Angel, 2nd coinage, revalued - coin weight

Crown XI

Saxon C600 - 775 AD Silver Sceat 1.16g, 12.18mm

'Thanks for the new find, which I have recorded as EMC 2007.0081. It is an interesting imitation of Series R, which does not closely correspond to any of the Series R subtypes'.

RN Petty Officer - 1901
In use 1901 - 1952

Britain's Merchant Navy
Generic Design Issue
In use 1900 - 2000's
Made by - English Made

16thC

Triangular mount with a rounded knop at the top and a transverse ridge at the bottom; two incomplete integral lugs.

1875-1908 and the emperor was Kuang Hsu. It apperas to be 10 Cash minted in Peking by the Board of Revenue.

1634 -36 Charles 1st Rose hammered copper farthing type 2

1422-61 AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type

Womens Royal Army Corps, post 1949

 

Johan Conrad Hergen, master 1705 French style jetton 1705 -1743

Kings diademed bust right

LVD.XV.D.G.FR.N.RE

Tranquillity seated left, Crown on right knee in exergue I.C.H

LE.REPROS.SUIT.LA.VICTOIRE

 

UK - Britain
Great Eastern
Railway Cº
Date ?
General Staff
Maker - Unknown

MN - Anchor Line
In use 1900 - 1960s
Maker - Waterbury

 

James VI of SCotland hammered silver Eighth Thistle Merk ( 20 pence)

Obv IACOBUS 6 D.G.R.SCOTORUM - James VI by the grace of god king of the Scots

Rev REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT 1602 - Jehovah protects the King 1602

20thC lapel badge

Transport and general workers union

 

 

Great find, mint condition copper shilling - June 1690 James II Irish 'gun metal' emergency coinage

Obv 1 - JACOBVS II DEI GRATIA - Rev 1

Royal Engineer Department

Officer & O/R's - 1837-1855

RN Capt / Commander - 1901
Other Ship's Officers - 1901
In use 1901 - 1952

USA Marines button

Boston Elevated Bowe & Seligman as a backmark from 1880's to 1920

RN Cap't / Commander - 1901
Fake - Line background never
existed. Possible on civilian
Jacket to avoid WWI
"White Feather" harassment.
Style In use 1901 - 1952

1279 AD Edward 1st hammered silver farthing Type 28 - new issue inner circles both sides 0.32g, 11.15mm

rev CIVITAS LONDON - London mint

1352 Edward III Pre treaty hammered silver penny

Obv EDWARDVS REX ANGLI

Rev CIVI TACI EBO RACI York mint

1413-22 AD Henry V, hammered silver half penny - Type 3, annulets by crown

obv HENRIC REX ANGL

rev CIVITAS LONDON

12.88mm

Huge 1st C Roman bronze 8.73g,28.16mm

Without some substantiation from the legend, I can't be certain, but this appears from the portrait to be an as of Vespasian or Titus, putting it in the 69-81 A.D. time frame. The reverse type is fairly vague, too, but Pax and Spes were both common standing personifications on Flavian AE's - I suppose, if there happen to be wings somewhere under the crud, that it might be Victory, too.

1279 AD Stunning condition Edward 1st hammered silver penny - class 6

obv EDWR ANGL DNS HYB

rev CIVI TAS LONDON - London mint, 1.47g, 18.05 mm

1stC AD Cunobelin Celtic gold 1/4 stater 1.32g, 13.43mm

'CCI 07.0180, the quarter stater: this is the type sometimes inscribed 'A', as here, and sometimes 'AGR'. There is no real agreement on what AGR means, but it might possibly be a son of Cunobelin - so issued in the short period between Cunobelin's death and the conquest, perhaps. Or it might be some other word, not necessarily a personal name. These are not common - not more than a dozen, from memory. The type is not listed in VA'.

C 10 to 40 AD Cunobelin Celtic Silver Unit - CAM V - very unusual type

1.51g, 12.74mm

'CCI 07.0182, the silver unit: another rare one, and another which isn't in VA or in the BM catalogue. Again from memory I think we have about 8 or 10 of these. The obverse as you can probably see has CAM in the panel and then V above and L below; the reverse is a crouching dog with CVNO in the box below, if I remember rightly. The animal is very similar in style to the 'wild' horse so it probably dates from the same sort of period'.

2.01g,16.29 mm

'It's Antoninus Pius, 138-161 A.D. - His connection to you and the island is that he built the 2nd wall, the wooden one north of Hadrian's. This is a silver denarius, as I'm pretty sure you already knew, this one was minted in 153/4 A.D. at the Mint of Rome.

Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS PP TR P XVII. Laureate head right.
Rx: COS IIII. Vesta standing left holding simpulum (ceremonial ladle) and palladium.
RIC III # 239a, RSC 198, Cf. SR 4065, VM 18/1.

Pretty spiffy stuff these days.

Mark Lehman

Cunobelin full Celtic Stater 5.38g, 19.24mm

'CCI 07.0181, the stater: actually a wild type, I think, VA 1931, with the rather doglike head on the horse. So on current thinking perhaps from the middle of Cunobelin's reign, say 20s AD'.

Possible Imperial Roman silver coin 1.49g, 16.74mm

What it's a fragment of is most likely an Imperial-era denarius (you had speculated that it was Republican-era) since the earlier sorts of denarii very seldom had concentric legends and the general style of what I can see just doesn't strike me as particularly Republican looking.
The reverse has a personification, or lesslikely, a deity of some sort, standing left, but there's not quite enough to be sure what's going on here.
The photo of the obverse shows very little detail, but I might go out far enough on a limb to make a guess that it's Trajan - however, this is strictly in the field of clarevoyance at this point.

Mark Lehman

Victorian trade weight - Crown VR - 12.73g

1526-44 AD Henry VIII hammered silver groat, second profile issue Type G

C in Henric is reversed D

obv HENRIC + VIII + D + E + AGL Z FRANC

rev POSVI DEV + ADITORE MEV

Satires on cross ends

1604-5 James 1st hammered silver shilling (12 pence) 2nd bust First coinage

Obv IOCOBUS D G ANG SCO FRAN ET HIBER REX

Rev EXURGAT DEUS DISSIPENTUR INIMICI

French hammered coin made into a brooch

 

'1298 AD French 'gros tournois" in Philipp's name (P for PHILIPPVS and EX for REX), but on this fragment, it wont be possible to tell which one, 4th, 5th or 6th..'.

USA Post Office Dep't

City of London Police

Circa 16th century

O/R's - 1855-1873

Royal Artillery 1860-1912
Charles Jennens
[Prince of WalesPlume]
London

Essex regiment

RN Greenwich Hospital Service
Officer's Hospital Staff Tunic
Button
In use 1800 - 1815

52nd French regiment button

Officer - 1820

1890 French Navy

Back mark reads compagnie and maker

ANGLAISE ?

Bristol Docks Authority
In use 1820 - 1992

UNITED KINGDOM
Royal London Yacht Club
R. T. Y. C. - R. T. Y. C.
London, England
In use 1837 - 1901

Royal Air Force

1789 Trade penny

'The Woolen manufactory'

1855 on

Scotts Guards